a close up of a man wearing sunglasses with a reflection Alt: a close up of a man wearing sunglasses with a reflection

Someone should put together a GoFundMe to film the throuple episode of “Dr. Odyssey” based on its spec script.

I kind of can’t believe she happened at all the more that I understand her.

the cold war teachers and professors responsible for the program's original design excluded courses like this because they wanted their students to experience liberal education before professionalization or specialization

Wallace Shawn as Vizzini stating the obvious FACT "Never get involved in a land war in Asia" (the princess bride)

He was so real for this

From?

I have more questions:

What happens to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and small NPR member stations whose budgets were devastated?

Is anyone encouraging rich people to adopt rural NPR stations, rather than the main network?

This is a stopgap. What is the long-term plan?

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

Do we know which one of Marty Peretz’ boytoys was Aaron Sorkin’s favorite?

On the one hand, I think the very last thing the world needs is another post-apocalyptic. On the other, this happens to be one of my favorite novels.

Also, on the one hand, the director is Ridley Scott. On the other, the director is Ridley Scott. So no idea what we're going to get.

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

Gass of wine and dictation helps.

It’s like they’re negotiating with an even more disassociated Kaiser Bill

Finally, something that can restore the masculinity of the median Gen X white man, and it’s totally for free

“It’s okay if I’m getting scammed because I feel bad about the world” is another example of the political hairshirt that a lot of people are wearing right now

Yeah, but Shelly Winters is dead

Anyway, this seems like something that should have consequences

Lol, lmao

In the fall of 2025, NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt visited Yale as a Presidential Lecturer and presented the research behind his book The Anxious Generation, which documents the effects of smartphones and social media on adolescent mental health, attention, and social development. Haidt’s visit helped to inspire a conversation among faculty and students about the fundamental shift that has taken place in the relationship between technology and learning.47

This passage citing the work of Jonathan Haidt in the Yale Report is instructive. For a group pushing "intellectual pluralism," it is notable that it doesn't mention the widespread criticism of the book, such as the reviewer in Nature who bluntly said his argument "is not supported by science."

As long as there’s an internet, there will always be high demand for slutty male waists.

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Photo of Pedro Pascal wearing a dark grey blazer and loosely tied necktie, paired with short blue denim jorts. He is holding some cream coloured roses in one hand and the other is over his crotch where he has suggestively tucked his index finger into his fly. You’re welcome.

I might be misreading things but it feels like the timeline could use a picture of Pedro Pascal in little shorty jorts

Roses are red
I like to sin

This is like trying to generate the rhetorical version of a fuck ass bob and instead of ending up with shitty bangs.

And that will trickle down to pizzas, sauces, Italian food, etc.

GEORGE: Would you go to bed with me again?

DORIS: Oh George, I can’t.

G: Why not?

D: Because we’d just feel worse afterwards.

G: Oh no, no, I’m over that now. I just remembered something.

D: What?

G: The Russians have the Bomb. We could all be dead tomorrow!

— “Same Time, Next Year” (1978)

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.